All About WriteShop Primary: Writing curriculum for grades K-3

WriteShop Primary is a homeschool writing curriculum for grades K-3—light on the academics, heavy on the fun and engagement. It's a time for you and your kids to connect in a special way over words. Kim Kautzer, creative director of WriteShop, walks you through this homeschool writing program, gives you a peek inside the books, and shares tips for teaching early elementary kids and pre-writers how to write.

TIMESTAMPS
00:55 How can you even teach writing to a child who has limited or no writing skills? And why should you?
01:35 Learn how WriteShop plants the seeds of writing even before children are able to physically write.
02:05 WriteShop Primary is FUN... engaging... lots of hands-on activity.
03:44 What makes WriteShop Primary unique? It's a gentle parent-led program versus a worksheet-based program.
04:35 There are a few pencil and paper activities here and there, but mostly WriteShop Primary is a parent-led course that gently guides the child through different steps of games and activities that prepare them for future writing.
05:25 How to choose a level. Always base the choice on their thinking skills instead of their handwriting skills. Use the 30-second Placement Quiz: https://writeshop.com/placement. You don't want to put a child in a program that's too juvenile for their level of maturity.
06:46 How to combine two children who are close in age/ability.
09:00 The types of writing covered in WriteShop Primary.
•personal experience
•fairy tales
•poems
•simple nonfiction
•friendly letters
•descriptive writing
•stories about the community
10:50 There are two ways to schedule WriteShop Primary:
•three weeks per lesson
•two weeks per lesson
14:30 The 8 Activity Sets
•Activity set 1 worksheet activity
•Activity set 2 writing games
•Activity set 3 story planning (brainstorming)
•Activity set 4 story writing
•Activity set 5 simple editing
•Activity set 6 free writing
•Activity set 7 publish
•Activity set 8 evaluate
15:29 Worksheets in more detail.
20:27 Pre-writing activities: always hands-on
22:58 Guided writing practice is another step of pre-writing.
25:30 The book has simple scripts for you to follow when teaching your child.
27:34 How WriteShop Primary teaches brainstorming (story planning).
31:21 Do you need WriteShop Primary if your children are already doing creative writing?
32:30 What kind of prep work is required of the parent?
33:27 The story writing lessons in WriteShop Primary.
33:40 Adjust the writing project for a younger or more reluctant writer by doing Smaller Steps or challenge your advanced writer with Flying Higher.
34:50 Tips from parents are included in your Teacher's Manual.
36:18 The way WriteShop Primary uses very gentle editing to help kids improve their writing.
39:17 The creative ways WriteShop Primary encourages kids to publish their work.

Learn more about WriteShop Primary writing curriculum here. You can also download scope & sequence, list of skills covered, and samples: https://writeshop.com/writeshop-prima...

30-second Placement Quiz: https://writeshop.com/placement